Education
2012-2014 Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2006-2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
2002 Field of Art, Soore Pre-university, Tehran, Iran
Art Trainings
2007 Neshan Art Institute and Emily Carr University, Integrated CO-OP Internship, Iran – Canada
2004-2005 Langara College, Fine Arts Diploma, Vancouver, Canada
2000-2003 Drawing and Painting at Ahmad Vakili Studio, Tehran, Iran
1999 Drawing and Painting at Hannibal Alkhas Studio, Tehran, Iran
Exhibitions and Public Presentations
2021 Glass Box Projects (curator), Celestial Bodies,
Aileen Bahmanipour, Bio-box, Vancouver, Canada
2021 Glass Box Projects (curator), Celestial Bodies,
Pooya Razi, Iran, Tehran
2020 Glass Box Projects (curator), Celestial Bodies,
Jessica Gnyp, Spotlight, Vancouver, Canada
2020 Glass Box Projects (curator), Celestial Bodies,
Michelle Weinstein, Gloaming, Vancouver, Canada
2020 Glass Box Projects (curator/collaborator), Celestial Bodies,
Vivienne Bessette, Landline, Vancouver, Canada
2019 Glass Box Projects (curator), Celestial Bodies,
Jordan Milner, Grafting the Perennial Phantom, Vancouver, Canada
2019 Glass Box Projects (curator), Celestial Bodies,
Ed Spence, Detox Garden, Vancouver, Canada
2019 Glass Box Projects (curator), Celestial Bodies,
Max Galyon, a lot, Vancouver, Canada
2019 Yactac, Room of Her Own (solo), Vancouver, Canada
2018 Axis Mundi Gallery, Elastic River, Vancouver, Canada
2018 Sikås Art Center, No Place Good Place, Sikås Tutti Frutti Biennale, Sikås, Sweden
2017 Simon Fraser University, Presentation and public conversation, Reset, Beyond Spectacle Residency, Canada
2017 Two Rivers Gallery, AND..., Prince George, Canada
2016 Contemporary Art Gallery, Burrard Marina Field House, Film Screening, Presentation on still life paintings of
Giorgio Morandi (invited by Fabiola Carranza), Vancouver, Canada
2016 AHVA Gallery, The Margin is the Center, Vancouver, Canada
2015 Ferndale Writer and Artist Residency, Intervals, (founder,director and curator), Ferndale, WA, USA
2015 Art Contemporary Chilli/Wack (pilot public project), Chilliwack, Canada
2014 Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Archeology of Dreamed-Reality: Existential Understanding of
Anxiety as Potentiality for Artistic Labour, “SUPERMOON”: Thesis Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada
2014 Satellite Gallery, Walk (video installation) “Late Night: Extended Party Mix,” (event) Vancouver, Canada
2013 Access Gallery, “In This Together,” Vancouver, Canada
2013 AHVA Gallery, “Bad Habits,” Vancouver, Canada
2013 i.e. Gallery, “In This We Are Arrived,” Vancouver, Canada
2011 Shudder Gallery, “Psychic Plaza,” Vancouver, Canada
2011 221A Artist Run Center, Pact 20: RECESS, Vancouver, Canada
2010 221A Artist Run Center, Pact 6: LET 221A Artist Run Center, Vancouver, Canada
2010 Presentation House Theater, (Stage Design for Tales of Persia, stories from Shahnameh),
a project by Iranian-Canadian Foundation, North Vancouver, Canada
2010 Emily Carr University, Graduation Show, Vancouver, Canada
2009 Emily Carr University, " Void," Self mounted Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada
2007 Brow Gallery, “Portrait,” Brow Gallery (solo), Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada
2004 Surrey Art Gallery, art rental, Surrey, Canada
2003 Butcher Floor Gallery (Little Mountain Gallery), “Drawing on Display,” Vancouver, Canada
2003 Barg Gallery, 6th Exhibition of Contemporary Iranian Drawings, Tehran, Iran
Publications, Bibliography, and Press
2021 Yasan, Setareh. Celestial Bodies, Glass Box Projects, 2021, Online Publication
2020 Turner, Michael. Landline, websit, Online
2019 Lim, Kristin, Scout Magazine, Online
2014 Rife, Michaela. “(un)familiar things.” SUPERMOON. May 2014. Catalogue.
2014 Santa Maria, Miguel. “SUPERMOON exhibition showcases six UBC MFA graduates.” The UBYSSEY. Web. Print.
2011 “1 WB5923,” We Give a Shit Because We Care. UNIT/PITT Projects. 2011. Web. Print.
2010 Yasan, Setareh. The "V" Sighn, New Gesture.” Woo Magazine. Issue 4. Spring 2010. Print.
Teaching and work Experiences
2015-Present, BC Creative Center, Instructor (Drawing, Painting and Sculpture)
2019-2021, Glass Box Project(s), Founder/ Director and Curator of an exhibition space for national and international artists
2015 Ferndale Writer and Artist Residency, Founder and Organizer
2014 UBC, Guest Lecturer, Introductory Studio One (Drawing and Painting)
2013-2015 UBC, Teacher Assistant (studio instructor), Introductory Studio One (Drawing and Painting)
2013-2015 UBC, Teacher Assistant (studio instructor), Foundation Computing for Visual Arts
2012-2014 UBC, Technician Assistant (work study), Painting and Sculpture Workshop and Studio Monitor
2007-2009 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Library, Teaching Assistant
Volunteer Experiences
2017 Vancouver Tenant Union, Vancouver, Canada
2010 221A Artist Run Centre, Vancouver, Canada
2008 Gallery Gachet (Gallery Assistant), Vancouver, Canada
Awards and Residencies
2022 BC Arts Council, Project Assistant Grant
2013 B.C. Binning Memorial Fellowship
2012 Faculty of Arts Graduate Award
2018 Rud Artist-In-Residence, Laxarby, Bengtsfors, Sweden
2017 Beyond Spectacle Residency, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Contact:
setareh.yasan@gmail.com